By Canadian Press

Teck Metals Ltd. fined $2.2 million for spill into Columbia River

Jan 10, 2023 | 3:06 PM

ROSSLAND, B.C. — Environment and Climate Change Canada says Teck Metals Ltd., a subsidiary of Teck Resources Ltd., has been ordered to pay $2.2 million in federal and provincial fines for an effluent spill into the Columbia River.

The government department says in a release that Teck earlier pleaded guilty to two charges laid under the federal Fisheries Act and one charge under British Columbia’s Environmental Management Act.

The charges stem from a February 2019 release of effluent into the Columbia River, which the government says was caused by a leak from the company’s fertilizer operations in Warfield, B.C.

The government says the low-pH effluent was harmful to fish. 

Environment and Climate Change Canada investigated the spill and found that the 2.5-million-litre discharge resulted from numerous operational errors.

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They say that Teck will be added to the Environmental Offenders Registry and the federal fine of $2 million will go to the government’s Environmental Damages Fund. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 10, 2023.

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